memeorandum: Planned Parenthood videos: Anti-abortion activists charged with 15 felonies for secret tapes (Fox News)

1:45 PM ET, March 29, 2017

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Antiabortion activists face 15 felony charges over undercover videos that targeted Planned Parenthood — David Daleiden, right, leaves a courtroom after a hearing in Houston last year. (Pat Sullivan / AP) — Two antiabortion activists whose controversial undercover videos accused Planned …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Rewire, Faithwire, Refinery29, IJR, The Lid, Mother Jones, New York Magazine and KTLA

Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:

Two activists who filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood charged with 15 felonies — The two antiabortion activists who mounted a hidden-camera investigation against Planned Parenthood officials have been charged with 15 felonies for violating the privacy of health-care providers …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, NBC News and TheBlaze

David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:

PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S POLITICAL CRONIES FILE DISCREDITED CHARGES AGAINST DAVID DALEIDEN — The bogus charges from Planned Parenthood's political cronies are fake news. They tried the same collusion with corrupt officials in Houston, TX and failed: both the charges and the DA were thrown out.

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Andrew Dalton / USA Today:
Felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood

Discussion: Shareblue, Associated Press and The Slot

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris:
Attorney General Xavier Becerra Announces Charges Filed Against David Robert Daleiden for Criminal Invasion of Privacy

Discussion: Instapundit

Fox News:
Planned Parenthood videos: Anti-abortion activists charged with 15 felonies for secret tapes

Discussion: IJR and SARAH PALIN

Jacob Sullum / Hit & Run:
Anti-Abortion Activists Face Dubious Eavesdropping Charges in California

Discussion: Associated Press, LifeNews.com, Daily Wire, Hot Air, The Federalist and National Review

Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:

How the White House and Republicans Blew Up the House Russia Investigation — The evidence is now clear that the White House and Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, have worked together to halt what was previously billed as a sweeping investigation of Russian interference in last year's election.

Discussion: Vox, Axios, New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos, CANNONFIRE, Occupy Democrats, Politico, Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Washington Post and Mother Jones

Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:

Devin Nunes Could Be Facing an Ethics Probe for Spilling Secrets — The controversy surrounding House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes may just be getting started. Nunes could soon be staring down the barrel of a House Ethics Committee investigation, lawyers familiar with the House's rules tell The Daily Beast.

Discussion: New York Times, RedState, Washington Post, National Review, BillMoyers.com, Just Security, Axios, Raw Story, Hot Air and NewsHounds blog

Aidan Quigley / Politico:

Nunes tries to blame Democrats for troubled Russia probe — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes on Wednesday tried to blame Democrats for the troubles plaguing the panel's investigation into Russia's apparent meddling in the election, as a prominent moderate Republican cast doubt on the future of the House probe.

Discussion: RedState, Raw Story, New York Magazine, Mediaite, The Hill, Shareblue, Joe.My.God., Washington Times and Talking Points Memo

Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
Trey Gowdy Stands Up For Nunes: I Don't Care If Info Came From White House Or Waffle House If It's True

Discussion: Washington Monthly and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Circa:
2011 NSA minimization procedures submitted to the FISA Court

Discussion: RedState

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Reeling Republicans desperate for a win on Gorsuch — Mitch McConnell told his leadership team in private this week what's becoming increasingly obvious on Capitol Hill: Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch probably won't get 60 votes to avoid a filibuster. — But the Senate majority leader …

Discussion: Raw Story

Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue:

Red state Dems say no to Gorsuch, refuse to surrender stolen Supreme Court seat without a fight — Senate Republicans are steamrolling ahead with their plan to give the Supreme Court seat they stole from President Obama to Donald Trump's appointee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, with a confirmation vote scheduled for April 7.

Discussion: Townhall.com and Politico

Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:

The Fundamental Dishonesty of the Gorsuch Hearings — Soon after his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch confided to a number of senators that President Trump's attacks on federal judges are “disheartening and demoralizing.” — Is there a better description …

Discussion: SCOTUSblog and electionlawblog.org

Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Health care debacle takes toll on Trump

Discussion: CBS News, Axios, Business Insider and Washington Times

Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination is on track to change the Senate — and further divide the country

Discussion: Shareblue

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Interior secretary hints border wall could be on Mexican land — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday said America can't give away the Rio Grande to Mexico in the process of building President Trump's signature border wall, implying the structure could wind up standing partially on Mexican land.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Occupy Democrats, CNN, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Daily Caller

Corbin Hiar / E&E News:
Zinke looks West for deputies and priorities, rejected VA job

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Corbin Hiar / E&E News:
Zinke looks West for deputies and priorities, rejected VA job

Discussion: Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Politico, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, Dallas Morning News and Raw Story

New York Times:

President Trump Risks the Planet — That didn't take long. — Only 10 weeks into his presidency, and at great risk to future generations, Donald Trump has ordered the demolition of most of President Barack Obama's policies to combat climate change by reducing emissions from fossil fuels.

Discussion: The White House, Vox, Washingtonian, Motherboard, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Washington Post, Business Insider and The FADER

Sam Gustin / Motherboard:
Here's the Data Republicans Just Allowed ISPs to Sell Without Your Consent

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Hot Air, CNNMoney, WTVR-TV, Washington Post, The White House, Associated Press, ABC News, Instapundit, New York Times, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, NPR and Axios, more at Mediagazer »

Tom Wheeler / New York Times:
How the Republicans Sold Your Privacy to Internet Providers

Discussion: Shakesville and Althouse

The Hill:

How North Korea could kill 90 percent of Americans — The mainstream media, and some officials who should know better, continue to allege North Korea does not yet have capability to deliver on its repeated threats to strike the U.S. with nuclear weapons. False reassurance is given …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Clayton Cramer

ABC News:

Woman in custody after ‘criminal’ incident near Capitol; police say ‘no nexus to terrorism’ — U.S. Capitol Police have apprehended a female driver after she nearly hit several officers and struck another vehicle near the U.S. Capitol, police said this morning.

Discussion: New York Post, Geller Report, Breitbart, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Daily Wire, Associated Press, RedState, Bearing Arms, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite

Houston Chronicle:

Beto O'Rourke to challenge Ted Cruz in Texas' 2018 Senate race — WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat and ex-punk rocker who pulled a stunning upset to win his House seat six years ago, plans to declare his candidacy on Friday for the Senate seat held by Ted Cruz, according to Democratic sources in Texas.

Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:

Hatch: I may retire if Romney runs to replace me — (R-Utah) says he would consider retiring if Mitt Romney ran to replace him. — Hatch told National Journal in a Wednesday interview that he hasn't made a decision yet on whether he will run for reelection in 2018.

Discussion: RedState

National Journal:
Wednesday Q+A With Sen. Orrin Hatch

Discussion: Political Wire and TheBlaze

Anna Palmer / Politico:

SCOOP: WHITE HOUSE eyeing young lawyers for judgeships — TAX TALK — BANNON reaching out to the Hill on health care — CLINTON jabs TRUMP in SF — ASH CARTER's new job — DRIVING THE DAY — PLAYBOOK SCOOP — The White House Counsel's office is interviewing lawyers in their late 30s …

Discussion: Morning Consult

Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Trump Approval Underwater After GOP's Obamacare Repeal Effort Stalls

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:

Trump's poll numbers are low. But the people who put him in office say it's not time to judge him — yet — Trump supporter David Ambrulavage attends a minor league hockey game at the Mohegan Sun Arena — where Donald Trump held a rally during the election — in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times)

Discussion: IJR

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:

Embattled DNC Asks All Staffers For Resignation Letters — Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has launched a major overhaul of the party's organization, which has been stung by recent crises — and the DNC has requested resignation letters from all current staffers.

Discussion: Breitbart, RedState, Power Line, Daily Wire, Hot Air, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller, Townhall.com, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Occupy Democrats, TheBlaze, Raw Story, Liberal Values and SARAH PALIN

Nate Cohn / New York Times:

Why Democrats Have a Shot in a Georgia District Dominated by Republicans — In a special election, anything can happen. — “Anything” may already be happening in the special election in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District, heralded as a key test of whether Democrats can capitalize on President Trump's unpopularity.

Discussion: Washington Post, National Review, Daily Kos and Red Alert Politics

Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:

2 Black Women Sue Fox News, Claiming Racial Discrimination — Fox News, whose chairman, Roger Ailes, was ousted last year after a string of sexual harassment claims, is facing new allegations of discrimination. — In a lawsuit filed Tuesday night in State Supreme Court in the Bronx …

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Magazine, The Root, Raw Story and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »

Graham Moomaw / Richmond Times-Dispatch:

Anti-establishment GOP candidate in Virginia governor's race looks to ride Confederate nostalgia to Richmond — Republican gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart called for supporters to display a Confederate battle flag during a March 18 rally in Roanoke streamed online via Facebook Live.

Discussion: Washington Post and Politicus USA

Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg:

Domino's Will Begin Using Robots to Deliver Pizzas in Europe — Will use Starship's sidewalk droid in Holland, Germany — Adds to Starship's partnerships in food, parcel delivery — Starship Technologies, the London-based company that has created six-wheeled self-driving delivery robots …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Ryan Hutchins / Politico:

Former Christie ally sentenced to 24 months in Bridgegate scandal — NEWARK — Bill Baroni, a former Republican state senator and ally of Gov. Chris Christie, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for his role in the George Washington Bridge lane closures, a bizarre political stunt …

Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:

Tom Perriello Is Not Bernie Sanders — The first time I saw Tom Perriello, he was walking slowly down a light-soaked hall at Reagan National Airport, hands stuffed in his pockets, head bent in a textbook example of an attentive listening posture. He was talking with two airport workers …

Discussion: Washington Post and The Daily Caller

Scott Bland / Politico:

Trump serves as rocket fuel for Democratic fundraising — Democrats are on a torrid fundraising pace in the first months of the Donald Trump era, powered by enraged small donors who are plowing millions of dollars worth of online contributions into campaign and committee treasuries.

Discussion: New York Magazine, AOL and Political Wire